Having taught Mere Christianity in small group over the last year, I was not pleased with the comments C.S. Lewis makes in this book that he published early in his writing career. It was of great interest to me, then, to see this topic addressed at the CBE conference by Dr. Mary Stewart Van […]
In a presentation by Craig Keener, we were reminded to be transformed by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:2) and by being living sacrifices. Is that an oxymoron or what? Can we really love God so much that nothing else matters?
Without God our spiritual efforts will not succeed. Do not assume […]
What’s so wrong with being a terror on wheels? There’s a certain “bad boy” image that is attractive to a lot of people. See How to be a Bad Boy and How Bush’s Bad-Boy Image Helps. What’s extremely odd is that women seem to fall for this type despite their verbal denials. […]
Well, I go off the church board next week, and I leave with mixed emotions. When they asked me to join it three years ago, I told them that church eldership was never anything I ever sought — in fact, was something I rather dreaded. They wanted me anyway. I suppose an organization […]
The NBC Today Show reported on recent research this morning that said that 25 percent of American families have wives that earn more than their husbands. This trend is only going to increase since women have recently been graduating from college in greater numbers than men. Although more men age 25 and up […]
Jane Fonda has been making the rounds of TV news shows talking about her autobiography that just came out, My Life So Far. Tim Russert interviewed her for an hour this last weekend. Two things that she said about herself struck me as particularly intriguing. First, in describing herself as a feminist […]